Month: May 2017

Hybridizing

A Beginning in Hybridizing The year 2017 was a successful year in my producing of daffodil seed from many of my crosses but not all.  Probably the words that I say in the following will be laughable to the experienced…

Helen

Sorry to hear about Helen. had hoped to see her at Joe’s show this spring. First time I met Helen she was judging Wells Knierim show in Cleveland. She was all dressed up and wearing a hat. Striking lady. We…

Helen Trueblood

It is with a heavy heart that I must report that our good Friend Helen Trublood has passed on yesterday May 30 durning surgery for a Pase Maker Insertion. Helen is the last of the individuals responsible for the success…

Autumn 17#6

There is no obvious boundary between autumn and winter here. It sure feels like winter. There were enough flowers to pick a bunch for a friend’s birthday. The bunch includes the viridiflorus hybrid 10_03MJ and Bill Welch’s Autumn Colors and…

New tetraploid Narcissus cordubensis/fernandesii

    The diploid N. jonquilla cordubensis of the picture has been transformed to two tetraploid plants. This is to be seen in the photos of the sprouting pollen: The tetraploid plants have bigger pollen grains and pollen tubes with greater diameter.…